A child of the steel city who stayed in Anshan (1980s generation)

问您大概是哪一代人？

QRoughly which generation are you?

答1980年代

A1980s

问您和鞍钢/相关单位的关系？

QWhat is your relationship to Ansteel / a related work unit?

答父/母曾在

AMy father/mother worked there

问您小时候主要在哪里成长？

QWhere did you mainly grow up as a child?

答鞍山市区

AAnshan city proper

问家里会讨论「以后孩子要不要留在鞍山」吗？

QDid your family discuss whether the children should stay in Anshan in the future?

答不记得

ADon't remember

问如果讨论过，长辈是什么态度？（先选，再讲一件具体的事或一句他们说过的话）

QIf it was discussed, what was the elders' attitude? (choose first, then tell a specific event or something they said)

答【勾选】不方便说　【手写】父母尊重我们自己选择

A[checked] Prefer not to say [handwritten] My parents respected our own choices

问主要体现在哪些方面？（鞍钢/单位对家庭生活的影响）

QIn which aspects was it mainly reflected? (the work unit's influence on family life)

答【勾选】住房　【手写】我小时候的房子是单位分配的，不用花钱的福利房

A[checked] Housing [handwritten] The home I lived in as a child was allocated by the work unit, a welfare apartment that cost no money

问小时候您觉得父母的单位更像什么？

QAs a child, what did your parents' work unit feel more like to you?

答保障

AA safety net / security

问要让更多年轻人愿意留/回鞍山，您觉得最重要的是什么？

QTo make more young people willing to stay in / return to Anshan, what do you think matters most?

答【勾选】适合年轻人的城市生活　【手写】新城市应该是蓬勃朝气【难辨】

A[checked] Urban life suited to young people [handwritten] A new city should be vibrant and full of energy [illegible]

问您现在大概生活在哪里？

QRoughly where do you live now?

答仍在鞍山

AStill in Anshan

问您现在从事哪一类工作/学习？

QWhat kind of work/study do you currently do?

答自由职业/个体

AFreelance / self-employed

问您对九十年代那段变化的记忆，主要来自？

QYour memory of the changes in the 1990s mainly comes from?

答我自己亲身经历过

AI experienced it myself

问小时候，家里长辈常提鞍钢/单位吗？

QAs a child, did the elders at home often mention Ansteel / the work unit?

答经常

AOften

问长辈提到单位时是什么感觉？（先用您自己的词）

QWhat feeling came through when the elders mentioned the work unit? (first in your own words)

答【勾选】辛苦　【手写】一辈子扎根钢城，以厂为家 三班倒 吃苦耐劳．非常的辛苦。

A[checked] Hard toil [handwritten] A whole life rooted in the steel city, treating the factory as home, working three shifts, enduring hardship. Extremely hard.

问鞍钢/单位对家庭生活影响大吗？

QDid Ansteel / the work unit have a big influence on family life?

答很大

AVery big

问您是否曾离开鞍山学习/工作/生活？

QHave you ever left Anshan to study/work/live?

答没有，一直在鞍山

ANo, always in Anshan

问若离开，大概在什么时候？

QIf you left, roughly when?

答其他

AOther

问那段时间，您家有没有明显变化？

QDuring that period, did your family undergo obvious change?

答年纪小不清楚

AI was too young to be clear about it

问主要是哪些方面？（那段时间家庭的变化）

QIn which aspects mainly? (the family changes in that period)

答【勾选】其他　【手写】因为年纪小，记不太清楚

A[checked] Other [handwritten] Because I was young, I don't remember it clearly

问长辈当时的工作状态？

QWhat was the elders' work situation at the time?

答留原岗

AStayed in their original post

问有没有一个具体的小事，让您小时候感到「单位」就在你们家生活里？（一次分房、一次厂庆、食堂、澡堂、生病去厂医院…）

QIs there one small concrete incident that made you feel as a child that the 'work unit' was right there in your family life? (a housing allocation, a factory anniversary, the canteen, the bathhouse, going to the factory hospital when sick...)

答我经常去父母单位洗澡，因为不收费，而且到他的办公室去玩耍。因为那里烧的水非常便宜，也很多。

AI often went to my parents' work unit to bathe, because it was free, and I would go to his office to play. Because the hot water there was very cheap, and plentiful too.

问您身边同龄人，离开的多还是留下的多？

QAmong your peers, did more leave or more stay?

答留下多

AMore stayed

问您觉得年轻人离开鞍山，最主要因为什么？

QWhy do you think young people leave Anshan, most of all?

答【勾选】行业选择少　【手写】鞍山现在是四线城市，发展空间大不了

A[checked] Few industry choices [handwritten] Anshan is now a fourth-tier city; there isn't much room to develop

问父母那一代从鞍钢/单位生活中，传给您最多的是什么？

QFrom their Ansteel / work-unit life, what did your parents' generation pass on to you most?

答【勾选】吃苦耐劳　【手写】父母的吃苦耐劳精神也体现在家里生活中

A[checked] Endurance of hardship [handwritten] My parents' spirit of enduring hardship is also reflected in daily life at home

问父母教过您具体的工作技术吗？

QDid your parents teach you specific work skills?

答基本没讲

ABasically never talked about it

问如果您离开了：当时去了哪类地方？

QIf you left: what kind of place did you go to at the time?

答其他

AOther

问落脚在哪类行业？（大概即可）

QWhat kind of industry did you settle into? (approximate is fine)

答没有想法

ANo idea / nothing in mind

问您觉得哪些记忆最容易消失？

QWhich memories do you think are most likely to disappear?

答其他

AOther

问若做一个「鞍山老工业记忆」资料库，您觉得最该保存什么？

QIf an 'Anshan old-industry memory' archive were built, what do you think should most be preserved?

答普通工人的故事；老照片和物件；学校社区记忆

AStories of ordinary workers; old photos and objects; school and neighborhood memories

问您升学/找工作/离开或回鞍山时，父母的老同事或单位关系帮过忙吗？

QWhen you went to school / looked for work / left or returned to Anshan, did your parents' old colleagues or work-unit connections help?

答基本没有

ABasically not

问若帮过，主要哪方面？

QIf they helped, mainly in what way?

答【勾选】其他　【手写】没有关系户

A[checked] Other [handwritten] There were no back-door connections

问家里现在还和父母以前的同事、邻居、师傅、徒弟联系吗？

QDoes your family still keep in touch with your parents' former colleagues, neighbors, masters, and apprentices?

答很少

ARarely

问您有没有因为父母的经历，刻意避开或刻意选择某个职业/行业？（讲讲）

QBecause of your parents' experience, did you deliberately avoid or deliberately choose a certain occupation/industry? (please explain)

答没有

ANo

问父母那一代最希望您得到什么？

QWhat did your parents' generation most hope you would gain?

答【勾选】稳定　【手写】不管哪个方面，稳定是最重要的

A[checked] Stability [handwritten] No matter which aspect, stability is the most important

问您家是否保存过和鞍钢/单位有关的物件？（可多选）

QHas your family kept any objects related to Ansteel / the work unit? (multiple choice)

答没有

ANone

问离开鞍山的主要原因？

QThe main reason for leaving Anshan?

答我没有离开过鞍山

AI have never left Anshan

问若您留在/回到鞍山，主要原因？

QIf you stayed in / returned to Anshan, the main reason?

答【勾选】不想离开熟悉环境　【手写】没有勇气去外出打拼

A[checked] Didn't want to leave a familiar environment [handwritten] I didn't have the courage to go out and strive elsewhere

问带我回到您决定走/决定留/决定回来的那个时刻：当时在想什么？是什么让您拍板？

QTake me back to the moment you decided to leave / stay / return: what were you thinking? What made you decide?

答没有出走鞍山，不想到陌生的环境中

AI did not leave Anshan; I didn't want to go into an unfamiliar environment

问若讲过（具体工作技术），通常是哪类？

QIf they did talk (about specific work skills), usually what kind?

答没讲过

ANever talked about it

问父母的工作经历，对您的职业选择有影响吗？

QDid your parents' work experience influence your career choice?

答说不清

AHard to say

问更接近哪一种？

QWhich is closer (to your inclination)?

答想找稳定工作

AWanted to find a stable job

问有没有哪个问题您希望我不要记录、不要引用，或引用前必须再问您？

QIs there any question you'd like me not to record, not to quote, or to ask you again before quoting?

答不确定

ANot sure

问整理好后，您想先看一遍再决定是否公开吗？

QAfter it's compiled, would you like to review it first before deciding whether to make it public?

答想看

AWant to review it

问以后若需要补充访谈，您是否愿意通过介绍人再联系？

QIf a follow-up interview is needed later, would you be willing to be contacted again through the introducer?

答不用了

ANo need

问您是否愿意日后接受一次更深入的访谈？如果您的父母长辈方便，是否也愿意引荐他们一起参与？

QWould you be willing to take part in a more in-depth interview later? And if your parents/elders are available, would you introduce them to take part too?

答再说

AWe'll see

问听到「鞍钢」「钢城」，您第一反应是什么？

QHearing 'Ansteel' / 'Steel City', what is your first reaction?

答没什么感觉

ANo particular feeling

问您去过鞍钢博物馆、孟泰纪念馆或类似场所吗？

QHave you been to the Ansteel Museum, the Meng Tai Memorial Hall, or similar places?

答听说过

AHave heard of them

问这些地方对年轻人有用吗？

QAre these places useful for young people?

答主要是纪念意义

AMainly of commemorative significance

问用一个词形容父母那代和鞍钢的关系，您会用哪个？为什么？

QIn one word, how would you describe the relationship between your parents' generation and Ansteel? Why?

答单位是衣食父母

AThe work unit was their provider (the source of their food and clothing)

问用一个词形容您自己和鞍山的关系，您会用哪个？为什么？

QIn one word, how would you describe your own relationship with Anshan? Why?

答我出生在鞍山的水土，一辈子扎根鞍山

AI was born of Anshan's soil and water; rooted in Anshan for a lifetime

问您觉得外地人或年轻人最容易误解鞍山什么？

QWhat do you think outsiders or young people most easily misunderstand about Anshan?

答没有发展空间

AThat there is no room for development

问您觉得我们这代人做研究时，应该怎样更尊重地理解您父母那一代？

QHow do you think our generation, when doing research, should understand your parents' generation more respectfully?

答以敬畏之心理解过往

AUnderstand the past with a heart of reverence

问您会给孩子或晚辈讲鞍钢/鞍山的故事吗？

QDo you tell your children or younger relatives stories of Ansteel / Anshan?

答不方便说

APrefer not to say

问讲这些时，您更想传达什么？

QWhen telling these, what do you most want to convey?

答父母那代的不容易

AHow hard it was for the parents' generation

问您觉得这种老单位关系，对子女这一代还有影响吗？

QDo you think this kind of old work-unit tie still influences the children's generation?

答不好说

AHard to say

问以前的单位社区，和现在的普通城市社区有什么不同？（邻里、互助、熟人社会、孩子成长环境…）

QHow was the old work-unit community different from an ordinary city neighborhood today? (neighbors, mutual aid, acquaintance society, children's environment...)

答没啥不同

ANo real difference

问您希望下一代以后留在鞍山吗？

QDo you hope the next generation will stay in Anshan?

答看鞍山未来发展

ADepends on Anshan's future development

问您希望下一代进入制造/工程/钢铁/能源相关行业吗？

QDo you hope the next generation enters manufacturing/engineering/steel/energy-related industries?

答不好说

AHard to say

问「稳定工作」在您这一代和父母那一代之间，含义变了吗？

QHas the meaning of a 'stable job' changed between your generation and your parents' generation?

答不好说

AHard to say

问「离开家乡」在您这代人眼里是？

QIn the eyes of your generation, what is 'leaving one's hometown'?

答成功

ASuccess